leap
leaping
spring
saltation
bound
bounce | a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards |
| spring break | a week or more of recess during the spring term at school |
leopard frog
spring frog Rana pipiens | common North American green or brownish frog having white-edged dark oval spots |
green frog
spring frog Rana clamitans | similar to bullfrog, found in or near marshes and ponds, of United States and Canada |
spring peeper
Hyla crucifer | a small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early spring |
| spring chicken | a young chicken having tender meat |
| spring cankerworm | variably colored looper, larva of Paleacrita vernata |
| air cushion air spring | a mechanical device using confined air to absorb the shock of motion |
| box spring | a coiled bedspring in a frame that is covered with cloth |
coil spring
volute spring | a spring in the shape of a coil |
| leaf spring | long narrow spring consisting of several layers of metal springs bracketed together |
set gun
spring gun | a gun that is set to fire on any intruder that comes in contact with the wire that sets it off |
| spiral spring | a spring that is wound like a spiral |
| spring | a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed, the spring was broken |
spring balance
spring scale | a balance that measure weight by the tension on a helical spring |
| spring mattress | a mattress containing springs in a rigid frame |
give
spring
springiness | the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length |
green onion
spring onion
scallion | a young onion before the bulb has enlarged, eaten in salads |
egg roll
spring roll | minced vegetables and meat wrapped in a pancake and fried |
| spring water | water from a spring |
| spring | a point at which water issues forth |
| Hot Springs National Park | a national park in Arkansas featuring ancient hot springs, bathing is said to have therapeutic effects |
| Hot Springs | a town in west central Arkansas, a health resort noted for thermal springs |
| Colorado Springs | a city in east central Colorado on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains, popular tourist center and site of the United States Air Force Academy |
| Saratoga Springs | a town in eastern New York State famed for its spa and its horse racing |
| Rock Springs | a town of southwest Wyoming near the Utah border |
hot spring
thermal spring | a natural spring of water at a temperature ofF or above |
spring
fountain
outflow
outpouring
natural spring | a natural flow of ground water |
young person
youth
younker
spring chicken | a young person (especially a young man or boy) |
Carolina spring beauty
Claytonia caroliniana | similar to Claytonia virginica but having usually pink flowers, eastern North America |
spring beauty
Clatonia lanceolata | small slender plant having one pair of succulent leaves at the middle of the stem and a loose raceme of white or pink or rose bowl-shaped flowers and an edible corm |
Virginia spring beauty
Claytonia virginica | small cormous perennial grown for its low rosette of succulent foliage and racemes of pink-tinged white flowers, eastern North America |
spring cress
Cardamine bulbosa | small white-flowered cress common in wet places in eastern North America |
winter heath
spring heath
Erica carnea | dwarf European shrub with very early blooming bell-shaped red flowers |
spring squill
Scilla verna
sea onion | European scilla with small blue or purple flowers |
spring vetchling
spring vetch Lathyrus vernus | bushy European perennial having nodding racemose violet-blue flowers |
| spring vetch Vicia sativa | herbaceous climbing plant valuable as fodder and for soil-building |
cleavers
clivers
goose grass catchweed
spring cleavers
Galium aparine | annual having the stem beset with curved prickles, North America and Europe and Asia |
footsteps-of-spring
Sanicula arctopoides | sanicle of northwestern United States and British Columbia having yellow flowers |
ground water
spring water
well water | underground water that is held in the soil and in pervious rocks |
vernal equinox
March equinox
spring equinox | March |
spring
springtime | the season of growth, the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring, he will hold office until the spring of next year |
| spring training | preseason training during the spring |
| spring | develop suddenly, The tire sprang a leak |
come to mind
spring to mind | be remembered, His name comes to mind when you mention the strike |
| spring | produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly, He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving |
| spring-clean | thoroughly clean the entire house, often done only once a year, she started spring-cleaning on April |
bounce
resile
take a hop
spring
bound
rebound
recoil reverberate ricochet | spring back, spring away from an impact, The rubber ball bounced, These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide |
jump
leap
bound spring | move forward by leaps and bounds, The horse bounded across the meadow, The child leapt across the puddle, Can you jump over the fence? |
form take form
take shape
spring | develop into a distinctive entity, our plans began to take shape |